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if thats the case why is the councilors involved? why doesn’t the councilors let the council make their decision and thats it?

why are these groups (led by the councilors) telling lies about […]

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According to the picture in this article, the “original” features that they are trying to preserve aren’t actually […]

I think I’m going to check this one out, especially as @phil33 is playing.

@saladefolle @euan @goodlegs @gregmclaren @quitepeculiar @e5ma @measure fancy joining?

@euan Being the densest part of a predominantly low-rise city isn’t a great achievment and doesn’t really tell us much. The majority of Mayfair is probably 6-10 storeys (my estimate) and most of residential […]

@euan yup, it’s on the list

@janice I think continuity is a problem for people who live here! It’s supposedly somewhere near London Field(ish), but they seem to bounce between Ridley Road market, Hackney Road and Elephant & Castle(?).   @euan I guess this isn’t really a show about Hackney broadly, more the lifestyles of those involved. The one thing I think is [...]

@euan  I was wondering if any of the properties you mentioned earlier  on Chatsworth  rd are still vacant? I’m looking for a space to open a small hair salon. Thanks.

Thanks @leyn @euan   @leyn – good to hear, and understand where you’re coming from for urban riding. I’m going to go for drops as I plan on doing some longer rides as well – and hopefully riding on the brake hoods will be similar to the upright bull bar position.   @euan I’ll stick one up this [...]

@euan might be able to help you

@euan how do I get in touch with you?

@euan Would any of these vacant shops consider letting me use them for free for a couple of weeks?

@euan back to supermarkets; “I don’t want to get into the ‘why supermarkets are bad’ argument, as far as i’m concerned the issues are well documented”.
Like many anti-supermarket campaigners you don’t seem to address the fact that the overwhelming majority of the country’s population appear to like them.

@euan as you say; “most planing policies in London already promote high density development”, but high-density without high-rise means tiny room sizes and ridiculously expensive prices and urban sprawl which we have already mentioned. The extent to which I think market forces should have free reign depends on what type of urban environment we’re…[Read more]

@euan I’m all for standards. The trouble is when development is stunted by low-rise housing policy, those standards cannot be met.

@euan you’re not addressing the fact that current planning policy has delivered us a)the smallest room sizes b) the most expensive prices c)a chronic and dire housing shortage that might well lead to brain-drain d)encouraged urban sprawl which all environmentalists agree is detrimental to climate change

@euan “quality is just as important as quantity”. That depends on who’s defining the subjective term “quality”. I would argue that since low-rise plaaning regs have delivered London the smallest and most expensive room-sizes to be found anywhere in the western world, that the “quality” aspiration has been well and truly abandoned. It is precisely…[Read more]

@euan Given the size of London and the huge shortage of housing (IPPR predict a shortfall of 325,000 homes by 2025!) you’re right to say that building in Hackney would not “reduce prices”. But mass building would a) house people and b) lessen the inflationary tendency. But given that you recognise the risk of brain-drain why [...]

@euan I agree with you about PR firms – especially since many of them seem so clumsy at what they do. I think that the effects on employment levels depends on where and what type of supermarket we’re studying, eg, it wouldn’t surprise me if that were true with a large out-of-town built near a struggling [...]